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The new updated ordinance now:
1. Complies with new federal and state regulations that have taken effect since the Town's ordinance was initially adopted in 1996.
2. Imposes development standards to address both aesthetics and location preferences by requiring that the carrier provide coverage through the "least intrusive means."
3. Outlines permit and process requirements that allows the Town to meet the short approval time frame (shot clock) established by federal and state law.
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Small cell facilities are a type of wireless broadband infrastructure. They typically take the form of small antennas (3-4 feet tall) that are placed on existing infrastructure (such as utility poles) and are accompanied by equipment cabinets installed lower on the pole. They are relatively new and are taking the place of cell towers (macro cell technology), which can reach up to nearly 100 feet high and are designed to cover larger geographic areas.
While the Town reviews and approves the location of individual wireless applications, it must do so within parameters established by both federal and state laws that severely limit the Town's discretion. A summary of these laws can be found in the Presentation to Town Council by Telecom Law Firm available at www.danville.ca.gov/wireless
Collectively, these federal and state laws prohibit cities from:
1. Denying a carrier the ability to provide service either through explicit prohibitions (example: banning new wireless facilities) or through actions that effectively prohibit service.
2. Denying wireless applications based on health concerns, such as those expressed about radio frequency emissions.
3. Stalling or failing to make a decision. The Telecommunications Act imposes a short time frame, often referred to as a shot clock, for a city to review a wireless application. Failure for a city to act results in the application being automatically approved without the ability to impose conditions of approval.
4. Denying a carrier from using the public right-of-way to install their equipment.
Recognizing that its existing wireless ordinance, lasted updated in 1996, did not adequately address new small cell technology, the Town initiated an ordinance update in 2017. The Town Council's direction was to ensure that the new ordinance was as stringent as possible, while remaining in compliance with federal and state laws.
The Town Council and Planning Commission held six public hearings over the course of a year and heard testimony from the public and wireless providers, culminating in the adoption of an updated Wireless Communication Facilities Ordinance ("Wireless Ordinance") on August 21, 2018 (effective September 20, 2018).
Like Danville, cities around the country are working to update their wireless ordinances to address small cell facilities in a manner complies with new federal and state laws. Also like Danville, these updated ordinances include similar design standards and acknowledge that FCC regulations preempts the consideration of health impacts when reviewing wireless applications.
While some ordinances appear to be more restrictive, they all contain provisions that allow wireless facilities to be approved in order to comply with federal and state law. For example, the City of Mill Valley lists most wireless facilities as "Not Permitted" in residential districts. However, the "Exceptions" section of their ordinance allows the city to approve a wireless installation anywhere if the city finds that:
1. Denial of the facility as proposed would violate federal law, state law, or both; or
2. A provision of this chapter, as applied to applicant, would deprive applicant of rights under federal law, state law, or both.
Federal law (Telecommunications Act of 1996) prohibits cities from considering health impacts when taking an action on a wireless application, if it meets the radio frequency levels established by the FCC.
No, cities cannot regulate the type of technology a cellular carrier choses to provide. Regardless, fiber optic cable is a wired technology that does not serve wireless roaming devices (such as cellular phones).
The Town's new processes are designed to ensure compliance with the time frame imposed on a city's review time frame, given that failure to do so means that the application is automatically approved – without the ability for the Town to impose conditions of approval.
No. In compliance with state law, the ordinance draws a distinction between wireless applications proposed in the public right-of-way and those proposed on private property. While the Town has less discretion reviewing proposals in the public right-of-way, each category of wireless application (macro or micro cell) is subject to the same development standards of its type regardless of location. On privately owned land, each application is subject to a "location preference" analysis where locations near residential areas and the downtown are discouraged.
Cities cannot deny a carrier the ability to provide service either through explicit or implicit prohibitions (example: banning new wireless facilities or establishing a maximum cap).
Yes. On September 26, 2018, the FCC issued a new declaratory ruling and order titled "Accelerating Wireless Broadband Deployment by Removing Barriers to Infrastructure Investment" and issued the following statement in support of their actions:
"The FCC is committed to doing our part to help ensure the United States wins the global race to 5G to the benefit of all Americans. Today's action is the next step in the FCC's ongoing efforts to remove regulatory barriers that would unlawfully inhibit the deployment of infrastructure necessary to support these new services… We thus find that now is the appropriate time to move forward with an approach geared at the conduct that threatens to limit the deployment of 5G services."
Source: https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-streamlines-deployment-next-generation-wireless-infrastructure.
The new FCC order imposes new limits on a city's ability to make decisions based on aesthetics aesthetic , shorten the shot application review time frame even more, and establishes a new standard of review for courts which that is more favorable to wireless providers when a city's action is legally challenged. The FCC order is scheduled to go into effect on January 24, 2019.
A number of lawsuits (including one filed by the Town's outside counsel) have been filed challenging the order and seeking a stay of it's effective date until the litigation is resolved. Rulings on the stay are expected by the end of the 2018 calendar year. In the meantime, the Town will continue to review applications consistent with its Wireless Ordinance and existing federal law.
In addition to the FCC Order, cities in California are also keeping an eye on a case pending in the California Supreme Court. In that case (T-Mobile West v. City and County of San Francisco), the court will decide whether San Francisco's ordinance regulating wireless installations in the public right of way based on aesthetics is preempted by state law. The court will likely rule in this case during the first half of 2019.


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The Teton County Coroner's Office is dedicated to the Service of Teton County doing its job with science and respect. Dr. Brent Blue is the current Teton County Coroner which is an elected position in the State of Wyoming. The current term ends January 1, 2023.The Coroner's Office investigates all sudden and unattended deaths in the County including all accidents, violent, unexpected, and other deaths. Any death in the County may be deemed a Coroner's Case at the discretion of the Coroner if there are circumstances which warrant such designation.
The Coroner's Office is also charged with notification of next of kin or insuring that notification has been made. Information about a decedent will not be released without confirmation of this notification.
The Coroner is charged with determining the name and age of a decedent as well as the cause and manner of death. Manner of death may be accidental, suicide, homicide, natural, or indeterminate.
The Teton County Coroner's office is committed to transparency, but information released to the public is determined by Wyoming State Law. This public information is name and age of the decedent and the cause and manner of death. Accurate and timely information is distributed accordingly.
Where Will the Deceased Be Taken?
The deceased will be taken to the Teton County Morgue located off of Adam's Canyon Drive.
Death Certificates
Death certificates are not issued by the Coroner. They are issued by the State of Wyoming through the Wyoming Department of Health Vital Statistics Services. https://health.wyo.gov/admin/vitalstatistics/vital-record/deathrequest/ We recommend you do not use a third-party service to obtain a death certificate as they are not required and increase costs. The process is simple and the Department will answer questions by phone.
Coroner Reports & Verdicts
The Coroner Report, also know as the Verdict, is available after completion of the investigation. This usually takes two to three weeks but in some cases, may take much longer. The Coroner may, per State law, convene a Coroner's Inquest which will increase the length of time required for the Report.
Coroner Reports and other information governed by State law may only be released to next of kin. Next of Kin are a spouse, adult children, parents, legal guardian, personal representative with written authorization, or their legal representation. https://law.justia.com/codes/wyoming/2011/title7/chapter4/section7-4-105/
In order to receive a report, a release form must be filled out and sent to the Coroner's Office by Email (preferred), Fax, USPS mail, or personal delivery to the contact points above with a copy of a government issued photo ID.
The Coroner may be required to testify at civil and criminal proceedings.
Release of Remains and Mortuary
Remains are released after examination of remains which may include an autopsy. The Coroner's Office strives to complete these examinations as quickly as possible but depending on circumstance, may require several weeks. In general, remains are released in less than five days.
Valley Mortuary is the only mortuary in Teton County. They can be reached at 307-733-8267. They will also assist with transportation to locations out of Teton County. There is no obligation to use the local facility and mortuaries outside Teton County may be used.
Release of Personal Possessions
Personal possessions such as clothing and jewelry may be released to next of kin as described above or a person appointed by the next of kin with written authorization. Please note that possessions that may be in a hotel room or other non-residence situations may or may not be collected and stored by the Coroner's Office depending on circumstances. The Coroner's Office will do everything it can to secure locations for safety and property purposes. Once secured, the Teton County Sheriff's Office becomes responsible for unoccupied dwellings. Driver's licenses are returned to the state of origin. Firearms are secured by the Sheriff's Office. Contact the Coroner's Office for information for a specific situation.
Scientific Studies & Organ Donation
The Coroner's Office will do everything it can to assist with tissue donations for transplantation and tissue procurement for scientific studies. Note that organ donations are from terminal patients prior to Coroner's office involvement and are arranged through hospitals. The most common tissue donations are corneas, skin, and bone. If the deceased is an organ donor by designation on their driver's license or other credible means, receiving organizations will be contacted by the Coroner's office. In non-designated situations, Next of kin may request donation. If there is strong opposition to donation by families, regardless of the deceased's wishes, discussions of this type are relegated to the receiving organizations.
Many people choose to donate their bodies or organs for scientific study. This must be arranged in advance with the receiving institution. Most common donations are entire bodies for anatomical study and neurological tissue for disease research like dementia and Parkinson.
Brent Blue
Phone: 307-249-6267Fax: 307-201-4449

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Cyberspy attacks targeting Russians traced back to UK and US
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Security researchers at Trend Micro have discovered a sophisticated cyberspy network geared towards attacking systems in Russia and neighbouring countries.
Cyberespionage efforts against either human rights activists or high-tech Western firms have been going on for a few years. Examples include the Operation Aurora attacks against Google and more recent attempts to hack into the networks of defence contractors such as Lockheed Martin and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.
Many of these attacks are blamed on China, an accusation the country routinely denies, in part by arguing that it is a victim rather than a perpetrator of such attacks.
The so-called Lurid attacks identified by Trend Micro have hit 47 victims including diplomatic missions, government ministries, space-related government agencies and other companies and research institutions in 61 different countries. But what really sets the attacks apart is that most of the victims are in Russia, Kazakhstan and Vietnam instead of the US or Western Europe. Curiously the common servers running the attack are located in the UK and US.
The Lurid Downloader (AKA Enfal Trojans) that features in the attack has previously been used against Western victims and the Tibetan community. This time around the malware is been pushed towards potential victims using either booby-trapped Adobe files or .RAR archive files containing Trojan code that poses as a screensaver. The attack relies of well-known vulnerabilities, one of which dates back to 2009, rather than zero-day attacks.
Infected systems phone home to command-and-control servers and upload particular documents and spreadsheets. Although Trend does not have access to the contents of files, it has determined the type of data beamed back to base in the more than 1,400 files extracted in the attacks.
"Although our research didn't reveal precisely which data was being targeted by the attackers, we were able to determine that, in some cases, they attempted to steal specific documents and spreadsheets," writes Trend Micro researcher Nart Villeneuve.
Rik Ferguson, director of security research & communication EMEA at Trend Micro, told El Reg that some of the affected sites used Trend Micro's technology, which helped detect the attack. subsequent detective work led researchers back to two command and control servers, hosted by different ISPs (one in the US and one in the UK). Beyond saying the attack was likely to be motivated by cyberespionage, rather than profit, Ferguson was reluctant to speculate on who might be behind the attack or their motives. ®


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You can't go far today without hearing about how health and wellness affect productivity in the workaday world.
Indeed, truck driving is one job where health and wellness are critical performance factors, especially in terms of fatigue behind the wheel.From a far broader perspective, a recent study is now drawing new connections between what's euphemistically called "unhealthy individual lifestyle choices" (can't we just say smoking, obesity, and lack of exercise for Pete's sake?) and substantially higher levels of lost productive work time.
Researchers from Brigham Young University (BYU), the Health Enhancement Research Organization (HERO) and the Center for Health Research at Healthways helped craft this wide-ranging study using cross-sectional survey data from 19,803 employees working at three large, geographically dispersed companies.
Their research concluded that even one unhealthy behavior increases the likelihood of lost productivity. For example, employees with an unhealthy diet were 66% more likely to report having experienced a loss in productivity than those who regularly ate whole grains, fruits and vegetables.
On another front, those researchers discerned that employees who exercised only occasionally were 50% more likely to report having lower levels of productivity than employees who were regular exercisers. Finally, smokers were 28% more likely to report suffering from a drop in productivity than non-smokers.
Part of this research delved into a new "wellness" topic called "presenteeism," which is defined as being present at work yet not performing "optimally." (I think we all know what that looks like!)
"Total health-related employee productivity loss accounts for 77% of all such loss and costs employers two to three times more than annual healthcare expenses," noted Ray Merrill, a professor at BYU's Department of Health Science and a lead author on this study."This study, which analyzes an unusually large and geographically dispersed population, represents a more comprehensive understanding of the multitude of factors that drive presenteeism, thereby improving employers' ability to meaningfully address this issue," he said.
Findings related to physical health and healthy behaviors also revealed that employees who had difficulty exercising during the day were 96% more likely to have increased productivity loss. Those employees who rarely eat fruits, vegetables and other low-fat foods at work were 93% more likely to have a higher loss in productivity.
In addition, those who did not believe their workplace environment would support them in becoming physically and emotionally healthier were more likely to have a drop in productivity levels, noted Dr. James Pope, vice president and chief science officer for Healthways.
"We know that comprehensively measuring well-being helps employers take steps to understand the drivers of lost productivity in their setting and take pertinent steps to reduce it," he pointed out.
"Our research confirms that employee productivity loss is associated with low well-being, poor health behaviors, elevated health risks, and the presence of chronic disease," Pope said. "This information is significant because the number of employees with excess body fat, poor diets, diabetes and sedentary lifestyles has risen to unprecedented levels in the nation."Along with health-related factors, work-related factors such as not having enough time to perform job duties and insufficient technological support and or resources, had a strong and significant influence on worker productivity loss. Personal problems and financial stress also contributed substantially to productivity loss, the researchers found.
Factors contributing less to a loss in productivity included physical limitations, depression or anxiety, inadequate job training and problems with supervisors and co-workers.
The study also revealed that a productivity loss was highest among those aged 30 to 39 and was lowest among those 60 and older. It was more prevalent among women than men and among those separated, divorced or widowed than married individuals.
Here's a kicker for trucking: Clerical or office workers in the service and transportation industries experienced the highest levels of productivity loss, according to the study's findings, while the lowest level of productivity loss went to employees in more "active" industries such as farming, forestry, fishing, construction and mining.
"It's critical that companies look deeper at productivity loss and measure it to understand the impact it is making on their bottom line," added Jerry Noyce, CEO of HERO. "Business leaders have the ability to reduce the factors that significantly impact productivity loss by implementing comprehensive, best practice workplace wellness programs focused on well-being improvement, which in turn, can lead to improvements in employee satisfaction, productivity and profitability for employers."
OK, great: but what about truck drivers, you ask – and rightly so. How does one get truckers sitting behind the wheel for 11 hours at a stretch hundreds, if not thousands, of miles away from home focus on their physical and mental health to a far higher degree?Well one way would be to treat them like U.S. Army Rangers.
Really? Yes, really. In fact, this is a recommendation I got from an interview with Gary Krueger, principle scientist and chief ergonomics researcher for The Wexford Group – a human factors consulting firm – conducted almost eight years ago.
Where Dr. Krueger is today, I don't know, but he laid out to me back then one of the most interesting approaches to enhancing truck driver health and wellness I've ever heard – then or since.
"We used to believe that camaraderie and a basic level of physical fitness used to translate into a soldier's ability to sustain operations in the field," he told me. "What we're finding out now is that physical fitness and training has a far greater impact on field performance than we thought."
The U.S. Army Rangers, Krueger explained, go so far as to focus on strength training for their neck and shoulders because that is where most of the load they carry into the field – ammunition, weapons, supplies, etc. – gets placed.
"They also take a more 'holistic' view of training, recognizing that diet, specific kinds of exercise, and good lifestyle habits all impact their combat performance capability," he stressed.
That holistic view has quite a bit of "carry over" into the truck driver's world, Krueger told me at the time. "We're finding that a focus on the entire 'aura' of wellness – exercise, proper diet and nutrition, and the elimination of smoking – can have a dramatic impact on a truck driver's job performance," he explained.
And by "performance" he means both conscious and unconscious responses."For one, we find that people with a greater focus on health and wellness pay more attention of sleep discipline – they are far more aware of how important sleep is in terms of affecting job performance," Krueger pointed out. "On another level, we're finding health issues that impact truck driver performance – such as sleep apnea – are driven by fitness levels; and apnea is more prevalent in those suffering from obesity."
Health and fitness can also improve a variety of other skills, especially reaction time, he said. "And a basic level of fitness helps protect against injuries – a key concern for soldiers on the battlefield, but also a concern for drivers and the companies that employ them," he added.
The physical fitness and overall health of the aging truck driver population in the U.S. also continues to a growing concern among industry experts because fitness relates so strongly to job performance, Rebecca Brewster, president & CEO of the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) told me in a separate interview not long ago.
"Certainly, the more physically fit and healthy drivers are, the more alert and less fatigued they are," she explained. "Being physically fit also makes them less susceptible to injury as an increased fitness level gives them more body strength and flexibility – critical aspects when loading and unloading trailers, for example."
Yet the overall prognosis for truck drivers isn't good. Brewster said that, according to recent research, 55% of truck drivers overweight and more than 50% smoke, compared to a national overall average of 20.9% and 25%, respectively.
Those are some tough numbers, no doubt. But think on this: what if truck drivers were treated – and trained to a certain degree – like U.S. Army Rangers? Like an elite corps of individuals with skills few of the general population could master? (Which of course exactly what driving a big rig is. But I digress.)
I'd bet you there'd be a very positive response to treating truck drivers in this fashion, as many are themselves veterans of every branch of the U.S. military, with deep appreciation for values such as discipline and hard work, among others.
Just a thought.


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By Anna Von Reitz
a. Military Government. The term "military government" is used in this manual to describe the supreme authority exercised by an armed force over the lands, property, and the inhabitants of enemy territory, or allied or domestic territory recovered from enemy occupation, or from rebels treated as belligerents. It is exercised when an armed force has occupied such territory, whether by force or by agreement, and has substituted its authority for that of the sovereign or a previous government. Sovereignty is not transferred by reason of occupation, but the right of control passes to the occupying force, limited only by international law and custom. The theater commander bears full responsibility for military government. He is usually designated as military governor, but may delegate both his authority and title to a subordinate commander.


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Slow but steady, crews are making progress turning the lights back on in the Northeastern states hardest hit by the weekend winter storm.
Power was restored in Massachusetts to about 60,000 customers bringing the total outages to 344,000. Connecticut outages were down to 31,000. And lights were on for nearly everyone in Maine and New Hampshire after more than 15,000 went dark during the storm.
At its peak, the storm knocked out power to about 650,000 customers. By the evening, the numbers were down to about 560,000.


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GLENVIEW, Ill. (AP) -- Industrial equipment maker Illinois Tool Works Inc. said Tuesday that it may sell or spin off its industrial packaging segment.
The division, with 2012 revenue of about $2.4 billion, designs and makes steel, plastic, and paper products used for bundling, shipping, and protecting transported goods. Its brands include Signode, Strapex, Angleboard and Mima.
Illinois Tool Works said it is going to review its strategic options for the segment. The review is expected to take the remainder of the year.
The Glenview, Ill. company said that it hired JPMorgan Securities LLC and Goldman, Sachs & Co. as financial advisers to help evaluate its strategic options.
In January, Illinois Tool Works reported that its fourth-quarter net income more than doubled, driven by a large gain from the sale of its decorative services unit. Its adjusted results met analysts' estimates.
The company's stock gained $1.16, nearly 2 percent, to $64.41 in morning trading. The stock has traded between $49.07 and $65.60 in the past 52 weeks.


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Trina Solar (NYSE:TSL) ("Trina Solar" or the "Company"), a leading integrated manufacturer of solar photovoltaic (PV) products, announced today at an opening ceremony that its APMEA (Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa) headquarters in Singapore have been put into formal operation.
"Following the establishment of our APMEA headquarters last year, APMEA countries have continued to step up their support for the solar industry, paving growing demand for PV products, PV-related systems and technological developments," commented Mr. Jifan Gao, Chairman and CEO of Trina Solar. "As an important part of Trina Solar's global strategy, the APMEA headquarters have played a key role in our business development activities during the last year. With the headquarters being put into formal operation, our presence and capabilities in these regions will be strengthened considerably."
Mr. Jifan Gao added, "We would like to thank the Singapore Economic Development Board for their support, which enabled us to formally put our APMEA headquarters into operation quickly and smoothly."
Trina Solar's APMEA headquarters provide management functions covering administration, sales, project development, R&D, logistics and purchasing operations. The administrative regions include Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, the Philippines, India, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, as well as Korea, the Middle East and Africa.
"We are highly optimistic about APMEA solar opportunities due to both market potential and positive policy support," said Dr. Haiyan Sun, President of APMEA at Trina Solar. "Japan has set attractive Feed-in-Tariffs for solar energy power generation as part of its efforts to replace nuclear power, while both India and Saudi Arabia have proposed ambitious solar power strategies. We also believe Southeast Asia and Africa present solid business opportunities and are encouraged by the fact that solar energy has already reached grid parity in Australia."
Dr. Sun added, "We believe our world-class team based at the APMEA headquarters is well-positioned to support developments in our business as we respond to changes in the global solar market and in particular, the rise of emerging solar markets. Thanks to Singapore's strong local talent pool, we look forward to further growing our team."
"We congratulate Trina Solar, a global solar energy leader, on formally opening its Asia-Pacific,Middle East and Africa Headquarters in Singapore," said Mr. Quek Swee Kuan, Assistant Managing Director of the Singapore Economic Development Board. "We are pleased that Trina Solar is leveraging Singapore's strengths in project development, technological capabilities, availability of talent and connectivity to the region. Trina's APMEA Headquarters will increase the vibrancy of the cleantech industry in Singapore, and affirm Singapore's position as a platform for Asian cleantech enterprises to tap fast-growing regional markets."


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Hey, baby! Do you have hungry eyes (and ears) for a stage version of Dirty Dancing? Then you're in luck: the musical adaptation of the hit film will launch its national tour in Washington, D.C. this summer. The production will premiere at at The National Theatre on August 26 before touring over 30 different markets in North America. Additional cities and casting have yet to be announced.
Based on the 1987 film of the same name, Dirty Dancing—The Classic Story on Stage features a book by Eleanor Bergstein, who also penned the screenplay for the film. The production will be directed by James Powell with choreography by Michele Lynch, based on the original choreography by Kate Champion. With unforgettable songs like "Hungry Eyes," the Academy Award-winning "(I've Had) The Time Of My Life," and classics like "Do You Love Me?," Dirty Dancing is a pop culture icon. The film version featured Patrick Swayze as Johnny and Jennifer Grey as Baby.
It's the summer of 1963, and 17-year-old Frances "Baby" Houseman is on vacation in New York's Catskill Mountains with her older sister and parents. Mesmerized by the racy dance moves and pounding rhythms she discovers in the resort's staff quarters, Baby can't wait to be part of the scene, especially when she catches sight of Johnny Castle, the resort's sexy dance instructor. Passions ignite and Baby's life changes forever when she is thrown in to the deep end as Johnny's leading lady, both on-stage and off.
Dirty Dancing—The Classic Story on Stage began performances on London's West End in October 2006 and went on to become the longest running show in the history of the Aldwych Theatre. The show closed in July 2011 in advance of a two-year U.K. national tour and then returned to London for a strictly limited season at the Piccadilly Theatre. Dirty Dancing is currently represented by a new U.K. tour, which launched in March 2014.
Watch the film's iconic final dance sequence in the video below!


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He is 6-5 and 305 pounds. He is a pass-rusher from the defensive tackle spot and the Dolphins think he can simply upgrade the defensive line in several ways.
He can play defensive end on early downs. He can rush up the middle on passing downs.
Jared Odrick is Miami's first round draft pick.
"I think I'm a great pass rusher," Odrick said. "I think I'm a great run-stopper."
The Dolphins believe they have added a three-down player. If I'm Phillip Merling, I'm suddenly feeling a little nervous.
The Dolphins have loved this guy since before the Senior Bowl. Then he went to the Senior Bowl and played and practiced well and hard. The love affair was on.
"I spoke to the staff going way back to Alabama and I knew they had a strong feeling about me but I didn't know how strong," Odrick said. "I can and will play any position on the defensive line," Odrick said. "I played the one-technique in college (DT) so if they ask me to play nose tackle, I'm for it. Let's do it."
Odrick played for the North squad in Mobile. The Dolphins coaches worked with the South squad. Odrick said he once asked Sparano what the first play of that game was going to be.
"He said, 'We're sure as heck not telling you,' " Odrick shared.


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I love yarn! Problem is I am not great at crocheting and even worse knitting. But since we've been doing this house remodel I have been envisioning our December with snow on the ground, and our little family warm inside with with nubby, fuzzy, soft yarn sprinkled here and there.
Fingers crossed our fireplace is finished by then!
For now, here is a yarn wrapped Christmas ornament that I made. I realized last year that with a curious 2-year-old running around, anything on the bottom 3 feet of the tree better be indestructible and safe for little hands. These fuzzy yarn ornaments are perfect! Avery is already toting them around the house.
To make, you will need: yarn (any kind will do, but thicker yarn will make for quicker work), foam balls (or if you have some old ornaments you're not so fond of anymore, you could easily re-purpose them instead), tacky glue, wire ornament hangers (2 for each ball you make), and scissors.


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BearingPoint, Daynix, Linaro Limited and Systena Expand International Reach of Linux-based Solutions
SAN FRANCISCO, July 30, 2014 – The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating the growth of Linux and collaborative development, today announced that BearingPoint GmbH, Daynix, Linaro Limited and Systena are joining the organization.
Nearly every industry worldwide leverages Linux for high-performing, mission-critical enterprise computing today. Opportunities with next-generation chips and ARM architectures offer ample expansion for open source as the foundation for Internet of Things connectivity, connected car innovation and hyper-scale computing delivered as cloud services. These developments also offer plentiful development, training and consulting engagements for third-party IT professionals with Linux skills. Based throughout Europe, Asia and the Middle East, today's new Linux Foundation members are tapping into these computing trends and newly hatched market opportunities.
More information about today's newest Linux Foundation members:
BearingPoint is a management and technology consulting firm with European roots and a global reach. The company's consulting network of 9,200 people serves clients in more than 70 countries and engages with them for measurable results and long-lasting success. Its consultants deliver real results by combining their collective industry, operational and technology expertise and tailoring solutions for each client's individual challenges. This adaptive approach has led to long-standing relationships with many of the world's leading companies and organizations across numerous industries, including commercial, insurance, financial, government, manufacturing among others. BearingPoint also joined the Linux Foundation's Automotive Grade Linux (AGL) Steering Committee comprised of automotive, communication, semiconductor, electronics and academic contributors working to create a Linux-based platform to meet the security and performance requirements of the automotive industry.
"BearingPoint is committed to making available to AGL our leading Open Source Software management methodology and automotive experience, which has successfully enabled our customers to safely and efficiently leverage the business benefits of Open Source Software," said Matthias Loebich, Partner at BearingPoint and leader of the firm-wide Automotive segment. "Our Linux Foundation membership will be a major asset as we further expand our Open Source Software management portfolio with new and innovative services, especially for the automotive sector that's eager to leverage open source for massive productivity and competitive differentiation."
Daynix provides software development and consulting services for cloud infrastructure and virtualization technologies. Based in Israel, its services range from hypervisors and paravirtualized devices development to cloud infrastructure. The company is working closely with open source communities on cloud related technologies.
"Linux and open source technologies are entrenched in modern data center infrastructures and cloud computing environments," said Yan Vugenfirer, Chief Executive Officer at Daynix. "Joining the Linux Foundation will help us grow cloud infrastructure and virtualization consulting services beyond our server roots into emerging areas like open network virtualization, microservers and lightweight virtualization."
Linaro Limited is a collaborative engineering organization with more than 200 engineers working on consolidating and optimizing open source software for the ARM architecture, including developer tools, the Linux kernel, ARM power management, and other software infrastructure. Representing the world's leading technology companies, Linaro's engineer members are defining the future of Linux on ARM. Linaro is distribution neutral: its goal is to provide the best software foundations to everyone, and to reduce non-differentiating and costly low-level fragmentation.
"Linaro has been focused on Linux development and open source contributions for the ARM architecture since its foundation," said Rob Booth, Chief Operating Officer at Linaro Limited. "The Linux Foundation's philosophy aligns well with our goals to accelerate industry-wide innovation using shared resources to advance the ARM ecosystem. We're excited to see Linux developers using open source in such a wide variety of creative of ways, from wearable and mobile solutions right through to transportation, energy and server infrastructure projects. Linaro looks forward to working closely with the Linux Foundation to help accelerate innovation across all of these markets."
Systena Corporation is global software provider with more than 30 years experience. The company supports eight lines of business, including solution sales, IT service, product solution, service solution, financial application infrastructure-system, cloud, consumer services and overseas divisions. Based in Japan, Systena joins BearingPoint as a member of the AGL Steering Committee.
"Our membership is another step toward maximizing our Linux investment and delivering technology solutions with the highest quality and value on behalf of our customers," said Kazuhiro Murata, Division Manager of the New Growth Business Promotion Division at Systena. "AGL involvement is an asset to Systena as we delve further into Linux-based infotainment applications and mobile and embedded devices."
"Linux Foundation membership is a strategic investment that goes well beyond preserving the world's most successful open source project," said Amanda McPherson, Chief Marketing Officer at The Linux Foundation. "Today's new members illustrate how powerful Linux is in all corners of the world as a source for R&D efficiencies, partnership growth, market exposure and revenue possibilities."
About The Linux Foundation
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January 31, 2013
Presentations by candidates for assistant dean for diversity, College of Arts and Sciences
Submitted by College of Arts and Sciences
Students, faculty and staff are invited to attend the presentation of the two candidates for the position of assistant dean for diversity in the College of Arts and Sciences.
Wayne E. Goins, professor of music and director of jazz in the School of Music, Theatre, and Dance, will present his job talk from 10:30-11:30 a.m. Feb. 1 in 127 Leadership Studies.
Farrell J. Webb, associate professor and academic director of developing scholars and director of the Bridges to the Baccalaureate program in the School of Family Studies and Human Services, will present his job talk from 10:30-11:30 a.m. Feb. 4 in the Alumni Center's Ballroom C.


text: Whether you can't start the day without your morning run or you prefer to squeeze in your sweat sessions at the gym after a stressful workday, it's a given that exercising at any point in the day is always better than being a couch potato. But does it really make a difference whether you work out in the morning or the evening? Turns out, it might, depending on your goals.MORE: Time-Crunched? Try These Quickie WorkoutsA recent study at Appalachian State University found that morning workouts are best if you want a better night's sleep (and who doesn't want that?). The researchers tracked the sleep patterns of people ages 40 to 60 who walked on a treadmill for 30 minutes, three times a week. Participants worked out at three different times: 7 a.m., 1 p.m. or 7 p.m. Turns out, those who hit the treadmill at 7 a.m. slept longer and had deeper sleep cycles than those who exercised at other points in the day. In fact, the morning crowd spent up to 75 percent more time in the reparative "deep sleep" stage at night.As a bonus, early birds also experienced a 10 percent reduction in blood pressure during the day and a 25 percent dip at night.The sleep changes that occur with morning exercise can alter our bodies mentally and physically, according to Scott Collier, Ph.D., the lead author of the study and an assistant professor in the department of health, leisure and exercise science at Appalachian State University."The better you sleep, the better it is for your body," explains Dr. Collier. "It increases your cardio health, decreases stress and anxiety, helps you maintain your weight and lowers your blood pressure. Plus, the more time spent in deep sleep, the more time your body has to repair itself."COLUMN: Five Ways Sleep Keeps You Young Adds Collier: "If we can find the best time to exercise and get good sleep, we can we prevent the likelihood of people going from a pre-hypertension to hypertension state."While morning exercisers can reap these rewards, along with a greater likelihood of sticking to their workouts, afternoon exercise comes with its own physical and psychological benefits, too.One small study found that afternoon exercise boosts workout performance. Researchers analyzed a group of cyclists who worked out at 6 a.m. or 6 p.m. and found that the evening exercises had higher power outputs. They theorized that the more complex the movements required to perform the exercise are, the more that the time of day can impact the performance. In other words, you may perform better in the afternoon if you're swimming, running or biking versus something simple like walking.We may even be less prone to injury if we hit the gym or the pavement later in the day. That's because our core body temperatures are higher at that time, making our muscles and joints more adaptable to exercise. But rolling out of bed for a workout doesn't mean you're doomed for injury, notes Felicia Stoler, an exercise physiologist and author of "Living Skinny in Fat Genes: The Healthy Way to Lose Weight and Feel Great.""Morning exercisers will only get injuries if they don't do something to warm up first," says Stoler. But that doesn't mean stretching, which Stoler says can lead to injuries when your muscles aren't warmed up. Instead, she suggests opting for a brisk walk, light jog or jumping jacks.MORE: The Best Workouts for Your Body ShapeWhen it comes to weight loss, it's a toss-up between mornings and evenings. In a study of post-menopausal women, participants were split into two groups. One group walked in the morning, while the other walked in the evening. At the end of the study, evening strollers did better overall with weight loss, losing more fat mass than morning walkers.On the flip side, research shows that exercising in a fasted state—which is usually only possible before breakfast—is better for weight loss because our bodies burn a greater percentage of fat for fuel during exercise, instead of relying on carbohydrates from food.Bottom line: Don't sweat the time of day too much—just break a sweat whenever you can. "When it comes to weight loss, the key is to exercise whenever you can get it done," advises Stoler. "It's not always realistic to say you should exercise at a certain time. Exercise is beneficial regardless of the time of day you do it. That's really what it boils down to."QUIZ: How Physically Active Are You?


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Robin Thicke -- I Haven't Given Up on Paula
Robin Thicke I Haven't Given Up on Paula
The fat lady hasn't sung in Robin Thicke's marriage ... at least according to him, because he has had time to think and he's now determined to win Paula Patton back.
TMZ broke the story ... Paula called Robin on Friday to tell him she wanted a divorce ... and Robin jumped on a plane and flew to Canada and tried in vain to convince her to change her mind.
Sources connected with the singer tell TMZ ... Robin desperately wants to save his marriage. We're told he's resuming his tour on Thursday where he's performing in Washington D.C., but he will NOT go out on the town -- something he liked doing in the past.
We're told he wants to convince Paula he can change and be a good husband. The surreptitious ass-grabbing is a thing of the past.
Sources also tell us ... Robin is really concerned about their son. He does not want him raised in 2 separate homes.
The couple released a statement saying they have separated ... but our sources made it clear ... she wants a divorce.


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Congress's delay in passing a rescue package caused an intensification of the anxiety and fear gripping the financial markets. This significantly contributed to the overwhelming crisis of confidence that now impacts the U.S. financial markets and has spread to all global financial markets. Subsequent aggressive and prudent measures instituted by the Federal Reserve and U.S. Treasury (i.e. the direct lending by the Federal Reserve to industrial companies) and the reduction of the Fed funds and discount rates, among other actions, did not immediately stem the panic devastating the markets. However, the former will eventually loosen up the commercial paper and general credit markets for numerous reasons, and the latter will have a positive impact on overall economic activity. And more actions are likely. The world's central banks and most national governments now seem to be making the right moves, while operating in a tremendously complex, unique and opaque environment. These moves will eventually bring stability to the world financial markets.
However, we are definitely not facing a financial Armageddon. The market should hit bottom in the very near-term, and, at that point, the return to normalcy will begin. And normalcy should arrive much before most people expect. Despite what you have witnessed, there is no reason to panic.
What brought the country to the brink?
Very simply, the reckless residential mortgage lending that began in 2004 combined with the use of modern technology to design exotic financial derivatives, which were little understood by many and had consequences that almost no one could forecast. The massive use and distribution of these derivative products was almost completely funded by debt.
What hasn't happened in the financial crisis?
The impact has been limited to the financial industry, which has been devastated by the losses sustained in the residential mortgage lending market and the losses related to credit default swaps and other derivative products. The crisis reached one peak on September 17 when financial institutions became concerned about extending credit anywhere; thereby nearly causing a meltdown of the U.S. financial structure. The Federal Reserve and Treasury stepped-in and proposed the bailout package. This brought renewed life to the credit markets. However, while this scenario evolved, U.S. industrial companies (both manufacturers and distributors) had their strongest balance sheets since the 1970s. There has been no massive borrowing by America's industrial companies during this period, nor has there been any meaningful disruption in the manufacturing and distribution segments of the U.S. economy. The immediate impact has been limited to the financial markets, and this is where the impact will be contained.
As I survey the landscape, although the economic figures indicate the country is in a recession or an economic downturn (define it as you like), the profits of U.S. industrial companies remain strong. The results for public companies indicate that, although profitability is moderating, it remains at historically high levels. In my opinion, the intermediate and long-term impact of the financial crisis on the economy is going to be negligible, if any. I believe that by the second half of 2009, the U.S. will be coming out of the economic downturn. One major concern regarding future economic performance is the amount of guarantees that have been made by the Federal Reserve and Treasury. These could possibly lead to a significant worsening of the Federal deficit. If it does, it will exacerbate U.S. dependence on on the global community. In this scenario, without foreign governments increasing their already large purchases of U.S. debt instruments, we will likely have a significant increase in the inflation rate and a further weakening of an already weak dollar. However, I still believe the financial crisis will have limited impact on the intermediate and long-term economy.
Owners and executives of middle market companies, such market defined as companies with a transaction price between $5-$250 million, will now continue to get their ceaseless level of calls from brokers, intermediaries and low-grade investment bankers. However, their storyline will now be either upfront or as a deal progresses, something similar to "you better sell at a discount price before the carnage gets worse," or "you should be thankful to receive this price due to current financial conditions." There is no justification, though, for those type of statements.
Most acquirers will tell you the devastation in the financial markets means you will have to accept a substantially discounted price. You will be told that pricing will be "dirt cheap" into the foreseeable future and might even deteriorate further. Don't pay any attention.
The Impact of the Financial Crisis on the Sale of Middle Market Companies
- Short-term impact (up to 1 year): There will be a period of three (possibly even six) months where there is some turmoil in the acquisition market. Conceivably, there could be a degree of transaction pricing weakness through the end of the second quarter of 2009, but I doubt it.
- Intermediate-term impact (1-3 years): There should not be any impact on transaction pricing, unless the impact on the Federal deficit of the guarantees made by the Federal Reserve and the Treasury have a greater impact than expected. Therefore, deal pricing to be similar to the first half of 2008, which was reasonably solid.
- Long-term impact (3 plus years): None. Many things will affect pricing, none of which will be the current financial crisis.
Based on my economic outlook, I don't feel the financial crisis should have any significant impact on potential sellers of middle market companies.
The Recommended Course of Action
Don't change the overall strategy regarding the sale of your company. If selling satisfies your personal and business objectives, you should proceed with the process. You might delay contacting potential acquirers until after the first quarter of 2009, but that will not be necessary in most cases. Furthermore, don't modify your expected transaction price at this time.
For companies not yet in the market or ones at the very start of the sale process, whose fundamentals and business foundation are somewhat deficient, they might want to delay the sale while they strengthen and reposition the company. However, where there is no need to strengthen the company's fundamentals or foundation, there is no reason why approaching acquirers should be delayed past the start of 2009.
Don't be intimidated by acquirer's "doomsday scenarios." The financial crisis has not changed anything in the industrial sector of the U.S. economy. Most companies remain very profitable, and the intermediate and long-term business outlook remains good. Therefore, there should be no transaction price concessions. If patience is necessary, it will provide you a bountiful reward.
These are times when you truly need a strong-willed, determined, knowledgeable investment banker that understands the causation of the financial crisis and how it is likely to play out. They will provide you the proper guidance in how to proceed in these exciting, yet turbulent, times. If you have this strength and expertise on your team, you will get a premium price. Don't let acquirers intimidate you, and don't accept less than you deserve.
George Spilka is president of George Spilka and Associates, a national acquisition consulting firm specializing in middle market, closely held corporations. E-mail: [email protected]; 1-412-486-8189; Fax: 1-412-486-3697 www.georgespilka.com


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...Because smartphones and cellphone cameras are eating away at the camera industry from the underside. Like a rampaging cancer, they're relentlessly destroying the health and vitality of the photographic products and services industries—and anything that affects the health of popular consumer products from the companies we depend on also eventually affects us.
ADDENDUM: A number of commenters to these last two posts, on both sides of the issue that isn't there, seem to be under the impression that I've said cellphone pictures are not good or that cellphone cameras are inadequate for serious photography. Not the case.
You'll recall that one of our most prestigious Print Sales, by Paul and John Paul Caponigro, featured a beautiful collaborative composition that included an iPhone photograph. Also, my consistent, longtime position is that both good and bad photographs can be made with any kind of camera...and I mean any. There exist fine photographs taken with pinhole cameras made from cardboard oatmeal cannisters; with homemade cameras; and I wrote a cover feature for the old Camera & Darkroom magazine about a photographer (Mary Kocol) who, for one project, used a "Sunpet," which was a plastic camera she got by sending in $1.99 and five comics from Bazooka bubblegum. (Mary also has some Diana pictures on her website.) And anyone who uses the finest cameras ever made will of course have made some perfectly bad photographs with them. That's not hard.
So—some commenters on both these posts have made sweeping characterizations of the content and quality of cellphone images, which is of course their prerogative. Just please don't think I would. —MJ
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Stephen Schaub: "Kinda like what digital photography did to film!"
Mike replies: Kinda like that, yes. Or what Netflix did to Blockbuster and online streaming is doing to Netflix. Live by the tech, die by the tech, right?
Mitch Krupp: "It looks to me that cellphones are doing to photography what MP3s have done to music. We have a whole generation of people that don't really know what good music sounds like and we're going to end up with a generation of people that don't have a clue what a good photo looks like, let alone know what goes into creating one. It's just all being dumbed down for the sake of gizmo sales and convenience."
Malcolm Leader: "Maybe some phones are better but the images from mine are so poor that I usually don't bother if I don't have a real camera with me. In my opinion, digital was a huge step up from film. Not only is the image quality superior (to me) but I still shudder at all the chemicals I exposed myself to in the 'olden' days."
Paul De Zan (partial comment): "The image capture of my iPhone 5 is so good that I seriously doubt anyone currently under about 20 will ever be in the market for a point-and-shoot camera."
Robert: "And yet, the other day I saw a tourist take a photo with his smartphone. Nothing new, but he had big DSLR with big lens on one hip and a camera bag on the other."


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The land of Khmer ruins, good onion and garlic, Somdet Park, Dong Lamduan, various traditions, and utmost harmony.
Si Sa Ket province is located in the southern portion of Thailand's Northeastern Isan region. As Si Sa Ket borders Cambodia there are a number of Khmer ruins throughout the region and the history of the provincial capital is believed to date back to the Angkorian era.
The greatest of these ruins in the region, and one of the most spectacular Khmer temples ever constructed, is Preah Vihear. Phra Vihan, as it is referred to in Thai, is a temple that was constructed atop a cliffside escarpment that lies across the border in Cambodia but is far more accessible as a day trip from Si Sa Ket, where Prasat Khao Phra Wihan National Park contains a number of decent sights prior to crossing the border.
In addition to architectural diversity, Si Sa Ket contains many ethnic tribes, including Suay, Lao, Khmer, and Yer that have settled in the province over the centuries. Old town Si Sa Ket, formerly known as Muang Kukhan, was located at Ban Prasat Si Liam Dong Lamduan, in present Tambon Duan Yai, Amphoe Wang Hin, but was relocated to its present location during the reign of King Rama V, around one hundred years ago.
Rich with Khmer Ruins, Si Sa Ket is an interesting destination. In addition to serving as the gateway to visit Preah Vihear (Phra Vihan), the cliff-top Khmer temple across the border in Cambodia, the province has plenty of fruit, such as rambutan and durian, which are available at the beginning of rainy season.
Preah Vihear (Phra Vihan) temple is occasionally closed as a result of border conflicts with neighboring Cambodia.Cambodia allows day-trip access to the temple on a visa-free basis from Thailand. Thailand imposes an access fee of 400 baht for entering the National Park.


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Is Snoop Dogg the new Joe Camel? Is Ronald McDonald? What about Facebook — has that website become synonymous with an infamous tobacco industry cartoon that preyed on unsuspecting kids?
During the last few weeks, these questions came to the forefront in a serendipitous series of jeremiads. First, critics accused Snoop of helping Colt 45 market a soda-esque alcohol drink to his underage fans. Then, Ronald was attacked in newspaper ads by health-care experts who demanded McDonald's stop using the clown to push unhealthy foods on kids. And finally, AdAge reported on three lawsuits that say Facebook is unduly using pictures of children "for the commercial purpose of marketing, advertising, selling and soliciting."
Whether or not this makes the rapper, the clown or the social network synonymous with Joe Camel, it's good news that more Americans are again demanding scrutiny of advertisers that try to take advantage of children.
I say "again" because this issue has periodically popped up in our country since 1974. That year, citizens successfully pressured the Federal Communications Commission to regulate when advertisements could be aired and for how long, so as to prevent corporations from marketing directly to kids. Then, of course, came the conservative backlash in the 1980s whereby the FCC discarded its previous rules and President Reagan vetoed bipartisan legislation to preserve the most minimal limits on child-focused ads.
Thankfully, the momentum may now be shifting back — and not a moment too soon considering just how much is being spent to influence children.
Since the beginning of deregulation in 1983, corporate expenditures on child-focused marketing have gone from $100 million per year to the current $17 billion per year. Because of this massive increase, the average American child today sees 20,000 television commercials annually, according to California State University. And it's no surprise that such a barrage comes with significant downsides.
Take, as just one example, the consequences of food advertisements. A 2007 study by the Kaiser Family Foundation found that such spots, which comprise the largest overall share of child-focused marketing, "are for products that nutritionists would tell us (kids) need to be eating less of, not more of, if we're going to get a handle on childhood obesity."
From that cause comes the predictable effect, as documented by a 2010 UCLA study. Comparing kids who watched commercial-free television with those who watched the same number of hours of regular television, the researchers discovered that the more ads a child is exposed to, the more the child is at risk of being overweight.
Fortunately, as opposed to other vexing crises, this problem can be solved with some pretty simple steps.
We could, for example, just reinstate the FCC's original regulations that limit the amount of advertising that can be aimed at kids. Alternately, we could go further by mimicking the Scandinavian countries that fully outlaw child-focused ads. Or, we could follow documentarian Morgan Spurlock, whose new film, "The Greatest Movie Ever Sold," encourages us to learn from Sao Paulo's success in banning all outdoor visual advertising.
No matter what path we take, doing nothing should not be an option because advertisers are becoming more aggressive than ever. As The New York Times recently reported, companies are buying "the rights to place advertisements in public school cafeterias (and) on the sides of yellow school buses."
It is yet another sign that the corporate campaign to manipulate our kids is only going to intensify — unless we put a stop to it.


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Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Wednesday she resented what she viewed as an attack on her integrity by former Vice President Dick Cheney in his just-published memoir.
Speaking in an interview with Reuters, Rice rejected Cheney's contention that she misled President George W. Bush about nuclear diplomacy with North Korea.
"I kept the president fully and completely informed about every in and out of the negotiations with the North Koreans," Rice said in her first public comments on the matter. "You can talk about policy differences without suggesting that your colleague somehow misled the president. You know, I don't appreciate the attack on my integrity that that implies."
Rice, in a telephone interview, also disputed a passage in Cheney's memoir, "In My Time," in which he says the secretary of state "tearfully admitted" that the Bush administration should not have apologized for a claim in Bush's 2003 State of the Union address on Iraq's supposed search for uranium for nuclear arms.
Cheney, who opposed a public apology for the unfounded claim, wrote that Rice "came into my office, sat down in the chair next to my desk, and tearfully admitted I had been right."
"It certainly doesn't sound like me, now, does it?" Rice said in the interview. "I would never — I don't remember coming to the vice president tearfully about anything in the entire eight years that I knew him."
"I did say to him that he had been right about the press reaction" to the administration's acknowledgment that the remarks about Iraq seeking uranium in Africa should not have been in Bush's speech, Rice said.
"And so I did say to the vice president, 'you know, you were right about the press reaction.' But I am quite certain that I didn't do it tearfully," she said.
Rice is the latest former senior Bush aide to fire back at Cheney's memoir and its characterization of the vice president's bureaucratic rivals.
Rice's predecessor, former secretary of state Colin Powell, on Sunday said Cheney's book levels "cheap shots" at colleagues and mischaracterizes events.
Rice said she believes her last contact with Cheney was at the groundbreaking ceremony for Bush's presidential library.
Asked if Cheney were trying to settle scores, Rice said, "I am not going to question the vice president's motives, because he is somebody with whom I had a good relationship and for whom I had, and still have, a great deal of respect."
"But I have to say that some of the things that he said about his colleagues are not in keeping with the high respect that I have always had for him," she added. "I think they do fall into the category of cheap shots."
Rice played down speculation that she might be asked to serve as a Republican vice presidential candidate in 2012. "I am not cut out for such things," she said.
When a reporter pointed out that this was not an absolute, Shermanesque denial, she laughed and replied: "No, no no. I am a happy university professor… We'll all find great candidates. I won't be one of them."
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San Francisco, California, and Zurich, Switzerland, 21 February 2013—Scientists from IBM Research (NYSE: IBM) and Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland unveiled a technological achievement in signal conversion technology that can improve Internet speeds to 100 Gigabits per second (Gb/s), doubling current technology on the market today. The research was presented at the International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) on February 20.
The annual growth rate of structured and unstructured Big Data is 60 percent. A large portion of this is real world data from the environment, including images, light, sound and even the radio signals from the Big Bang 13 billion years ago — and it's all analog.
To make use of this data in computers the analog signal needs to be converted to digital, in the form of zeros and ones. This is done using an analog to digital converter or ADC, which approximates the right combination of zeros and ones to digitally create the data. For example, the sound of automobiles driving on a highway may be represented as "00100110001100100".*
With the rapid growth of Big Data and the Internet of Things, several years ago IBM scientists began developing energy efficient ADCs to bring large numbers of real world analog signals on logic chips for computation.
"Most of the ADCs on the market today weren't designed to handle the massive Big Data applications we are dealing with today — it's the equivalent of funneling water through a straw from a fire hose," explains Dr. Martin Schmatz, Systems department manager at IBM Research. "This is IBM's first attempt at designing a new ADC that leverages a standard CMOS logic process, not only resulting in the most efficient ADC in its class, but also opening the possibility to add massive computation power for signal analysis on the same chip with the ADC."
The ADC design has been developed at IBM Research in Zurich, in collaboration with scientists of the Microelectronic Systems Laboratory of EPFL. "The new ADC design has several key advantages over similar designs proposed earlier: in terms of speed, power dissipation, and silicon area" says Professor Yusuf Leblebici, director of the Microelectronic Systems Laboratory. "It is a perfect example of successful industry-university cooperation, having produced world-class results."
The prototype ADC was manufactured at IBM's 300 mm fab in East Fishkill, NY in a 32 nanometer silicon-on-insulator CMOS process with a tiny core area of 22×70 µm2. The ADC generates one billion analog-to-digital conversions per second operating from a single 1 V supply, with a total power consumption of 3.1 mW — approximately 30 times less than what a cellphone uses when it's idle.
For its speed and efficiency the resolution of 8 bits is also within the limits for many applications ranging from supercomputers and data centers to consumer applications, including cable modems, set-top boxes and mobile devices — the average smartphone can have more than 10 ADCs for example in temperature, touch screen and motion sensors.
IBM scientists are also considering the ADC to help convert analog signals that originate from the Big Bang. The project is called DOME and it's a collaboration between ASTRON, the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy, and IBM to develop a fundamental IT roadmap for the Square Kilometer Array (SKA), an international project to build the world's largest and most sensitive radio telescope.
The analog data that the SKA collects from deep space is expected to produce 10 times the global internet traffic and the IBM prototype ADC would be an ideal candidate to convert the analog data to digital at very low power — a critical requirement considering the thousands of antennas which will be spread over 3,000 kilometers (1,900 miles).
The ADC could be available as early as 2014.
The scientific paper is entitled, "A 3.1 mW 8b 1.2 GS/s Single-Channel Asynchronous SAR ADC with Alternate Comparators for Enhanced Speed in 32 nm Digital SOI CMOS" by Lukas Kull, Thomas Toifl, Martin Schmatz, Pier Andrea Francese, Christian Menolfi, Matthias Braendli, Marcel Kossel, Thomas Morf, Toke Meyer Andersen and Yusuf Leblebici.
*The actual conversion of highway traffic sounds into digital would actually fill several sheets of paper.


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The home of The Beatles is being remodeled — drastically.
EMI, until now one of the four remaining major labels, is being broken up and sold off by the megabank Citigroup. After an auction that took almost nine months, French media company Vivendi, which owns Universal Music Group, will buy EMI's recorded music division and Sony Corp. will pick up the publishing arm.
Until the sale, EMI was the oldest extant major, and the last to operate independent of a parent conglomerate. Founded in 1931, its recording catalog includes music by The Beatles, Pink Floyd and Frank Sinatra and its publishing portfolio is one of the most valuable in the world. Capitol, Virgin, Blue Note and Parlophone are a few of the labels under the EMI umbrella. EMI Classics has long been one of the cornerstones of the classical industry.
In a statement, Vivendi's CEO, Jean-Bernard Levy said: "We are very proud to welcome EMI into the Vivendi family. We all respect the labels within EMI as well as the artists and employees who contribute to its success. They will find within our Group a safe, long term home, headquartered in Europe."
That press release puts the price tag at 1.2 billion pounds (about $1.9 billion). The Wall Street Journal reported earlier today that Sony Corp., which owns Sony Music Entertainment, will pick up EMI's hugely valuable publishing arm for $2.2 billion.
EMI has been on the auction block since February, when the label's former owner, the private equity firm Terra Firma, nearly defaulted on its debt and Citigroup took control. Terra Firma paid over 4 billion pounds for the label in 2007, but EMI came saddled with almost half that amount in debt. When the credit crisis struck, Terra Firma was unable to find anyone to take on that debt. In order to make the company more attractive to potential buyers, Citigroup excused most of it.
If that all seems to have very little to do with music, back in February, I wrote that the situation boiled down to:
"a large company that puts out recorded music, which was previously owned by another company that existed solely to sell it off at a profit, is now owned by an even more massive company whose only interest is in seeing how quickly — and for how high a price — it can sell that first company."
The sale didn't come about quickly. You might attribute the nine months it took Citigroup to unload EMI to the fact that one of the other major labels — the only one not mentioned so far in this story — was itself sold in May. Warner Music Group, which had been owned by an investment group headed by Edgar Bronfman, Jr., was sold to Access Industries,which owns chemical, natural resource, real estate and media properties.
In a sort of response to the shuffling of EMI from banker to megabank, Vivendi CEO Levy's statement also said: "We are confident that we will be able to create additional value for our shareholders thanks to our knowledge of the industry and our proven track record of successful integration."
To a pessimist, however, the piecemeal sale of the label — to other companies that are already invested in the record business — might seem like a sign of the industry's poor health. If nobody else but another record label could be enticed to throw EMI a life raft, this sale could look like the majors banding together as they begin to circle the drain.
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Ever wonder how the Internal Revenue Service selects which taxpayers to audit? Well, it isn't always a matter of chance. There are certain factors that can make your tax return stand out from the rest.
"The IRS pays more attention to some returns than others, so it's important to understand the factors that may elevate the likelihood that auditors take an interest in your situation," says J.J. Montanaro, a certified financial planner with USAA.
Here are eight potential red flags that could trigger the scrutiny of the IRS – and tips to help you survive an audit.
1. High incomes. Your chance of being audited substantially increases once your income crosses $ 200,000, according to a recent IRS report.
2. Large itemized deductions. Deduct every penny you're entitled to – but realize that if your itemized tax deductions are bigger than the IRS' target range for people at your income level, your return may get a second look.
3. Home offices. You can only take this deduction if you meet all of the qualifications, including regularly and exclusively using part of your home as your principal place of business. For example, if your office doubles as the kids' playroom, you're generally unable to deduct it. For details, see IRS Publication 587.
4. Missing investment income. You know the IRS Form 1099 that financial services companies send you that summarizes your interest and dividends? The IRS also gets that information. Make sure your return properly includes this information.
5. Incomplete returns. If your return is missing a few pieces, the IRS may wonder what else you forgot. A tax-preparation service that calculates figures you enter, such as TurboTax, may help you avoid clerical errors that raise auditors' eyebrows. Still, you're responsible for providing the correct information.
6. Business losses. In a tough economy, business losses are more common, but that doesn't mean the IRS won't double-check them. Make sure your expenses are legitimate and eligible to be deducted and that your business isn't just a thinly disguised hobby.
7. Charitable deductions. You'll need a canceled check or dated receipt for any cash contributions, and contributions of $ 250 or more require written acknowledgement from the charity. If you made a noncash contribution valued at more than $ 5,000, you'll need an expert appraisal to back up your claim.
8. Medical expenses. If you're 64 or younger, you can deduct these costs only to the extent they're greater than 10 percent of your adjusted gross income. It's important to keep detailed records. Remember, you can't deduct the cost of over-the-counter medicine, health club dues or most cosmetic surgeries.
If you're doubtful about the decisions made when completing and filing your tax return, consider hiring a professional. Spending money for expert guidance today could help you avoid paying increased taxes and penalties tomorrow.
And if you get a letter from the IRS, don't take it personally. "The government wants to make sure your return is accurate," Montanaro says. "It's time to get all of your documentation and supporting records in order."
To get through an audit smoothly, consider following these common-sense rules:
* Get organized. You'll generally have more credibility if you can answer questions and produce what's asked of you. If you need time to get your stuff together, you or your representative may request a postponement.
* Consider hiring help. You can be represented by an attorney who has experience in IRS audits and processes, a CPA or a federally authorized enrolled agent or tax practitioner.
* Know your rights. Before your audit, read IRS Publication 1, "Your Rights as a Taxpayer."
* Be honest. Lying to the IRS can result in heavy fines and even jail time.
* Stick to the topic. Whether you're answering a question or responding to a request for records, only give the IRS what's been requested.
* Be courteous. Don't be hostile. If you think you're being treated unfairly, share your feelings with the examiner's supervisor.
* Consider an appeal. If you disagree with the auditor's findings, you might first try talking to a supervisor. You also can send a protest letter to the IRS Office of Appeals within 30 days of receiving the report.


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Irritable and Exhausted? That's Just Motherhood. Or Do You Need Meds?
LatestBack in the 1960s and '70s, the phrase "mother's little helper" was used for psychopharmacological drugs — barbiturates, usually; tranquilizers and sedatives prescribed to unhappy women. Today, the drugs have changed, but the issues remain the same, and one in every 10 Americans reports being depressed. And when you're a parent, your condition doesn't just affect you, it has an impact on the entire family. But does that mean you need meds?
As Shawn Bean writes for Parenting.com:
The common definition of depression states that a multitude of the following symptoms be present for a two-week period: fatigue and decreased energy, feelings of pessimism, overeating or appetite loss, insomnia or early-morning wakefulness, loss of interest in hobbies and activities once found pleasurable, and irritability and restlessness. That describes half the parents I know.
He's exaggerating a little maybe, but maybe not. Bean also points out that "very little talk surrounding depression and anxiety focuses on parents, which is hard to believe, since their mental well-being has a significant effect on our most precious cargo." Apparently at least sixteen million children are living in households with a depressed parent.
Obviously, some people are prone to depression and/or anxiety, and the rigors of parenting can, as one psychotherapist puts it in the story, "push you over the edge."
The question is, how do you tell the difference between having a rough time parenting and a condition that requires medicating? Especially if you're a first-time parent? If half the parents Bean knows are experiencing irritability and insomnia, does that mean half of them need Xanax? (And let's not say you know when you know. We all know people who desperately need therapy and don't even realize it.)
Allan Horwitz, a professor of sociology at Rutgers University, tells Bean that Americans are just relying on meds to deal with the normal ups and downs of parenting:
"Let's say you have a colicky baby," says Horwitz. "Colic means your baby is not sleeping, which means you're not sleeping. Now you have resulting symptoms from that-fatigue, irritability, feeling overwhelmed…. We've become less tolerant of negative emotions. It's much easier to take a pill."
He's written a book called The Loss of Sadness: How Psychiatry Transformed Normal Sadness Into Depressive Disorder. He seems to think that the drama of parenting isn't something to medicate away. But what if your "negative emotions" are actually post-partum depression? Horwitz insinuates that it was better in the old days, when folks would just feel like crap but get through somehow. But are we overmedicating now, or were moms back then just depressed and undiagnosed?
Xanax 'helps me be a better mom' [Parenting]


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I want to calculate the difference of two bands. I have the individual bands stored somewhere, but I was thinking that maybe there's a way of producing a VRT file that is the result of this difference. I know that you can use pixel functions in GDAL, but this limits the use (C++, and only available when the function is linked in...).
It would be nice if simple "virtual" operations were available!